Short films created by DigiPen Institute of Technology students have won numerous animation awards and appeared at major film festivals around the world. See the full list of film honors and awards below.
Adija
- Winner, Best Student Animation, 2018 DRAWTASTIC (fka 2D OR NOT 2D Animation Festival)
- Best 3D Heartwarming Animated Short, 2017 Palm Springs International Animation Festival
- Silver Remi Award in College Level Productions, 2017 Worldfest-Houston International Film and Video Festival
- Award for Merit, 2016 Accolade Global Film Competition
- Golden Eagle Award for Student Animation, 2016 CINE
- Best Animation, 2016 International Family Film Festival
- Best Animation, 2016 Lady Filmmakers Festival
- Best Animated Short Film, The 2016 Short Film Awards (SOFIES)
- Finalist, International Student Film Contest, 2017 Animaze - Montreal International Animation Film Festival
- Finalist, University Category, 2017 TimeLine Film Festival
- 2018 Children’s International Film Festival Seattle
- 2018 Conscious Cartoons International Film Festival
- 2018 Milwaukee Public School All-City Arts Festival
- 2018 Rochester International Children’s Film Festival
- 2018 Scribe Video Center Street Movies Festival
- 2017 Adelaide International Youth Film Festival
- 2017 Animation Dingle Festival
- 2017 Athens Animfest
- 2017 Blue Plum Animation Festival
- 2017 British Animation Film Festival
- 2017 Burbank International Film Festival
- 2017 Chicago International Children’s Film Festival
- 2017 Cinequest Film & VR Festival
- 2017 Destiny City Film Festival
- 2017 Kansas International Film Festival
- 2017 Milwaukee Film Festival
- 2017 Northwest Animation Festival
- 2017 Rendezvous Film Festival
- 2017 Seattle International Film Festival
- 2016 Alexander Valley Film Festival
- 2016 Anchorage International Film Festival
- 2016 Giffoni International Film Festival
- 2016 Gold Coast International Film Festival
- 2016 International New York Film Festival
- 2016 Joy House Film Festival
- 2016 MIA Animation Conference and Festival
- 2016 Orlando Film Festival
Anchored
- Winner, Haribo’s Best Female Filmmaker, 2022 Joy House Film Festival
- Winner, Best Sound, 2022 KINO Short Film Festival
- Winner, Merit Award, 2021 Anim8 Student Film Festival
- Semi-Finalist, Best Student Animation, 2023 Drawtastic “Golden Pencil Awards”
- Finalist, 2022 VAFI & RAFI – International Children and Youth Animation Film Festival
- Semi-Finalist, Best Student Animation Film, 2022 Student LA Film Awards
- Finalist, Student Character Films, 2021 Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival
- Quarter-Finalist, Best Student Film, 2021 Animation Studio Festival
- 2022 FEST — New Directors New Films Festival
- 2022 Deep Focus Film Festival
- 2022 Khem Animation Film Festival
- 2022 Athens Animfest
- 2022 Amelia Island Film Festival
- 2022 AniMate – Australia Animation Film Festival
- 2022 Dam Short Film Festival
- 2021 International Student Animated Film Animafantasia Festival
- 2021 ICONA Film Festival
- 2021 TIAF - Tbilisi International Animation Festival
- 2021 Global Youth Film Festival Bangladesh
- 2021 Overmountain Animation Film Festival
Anna
- Semi-Finalist, Student Competition Short, 2019 Columbus International Film Festival
- 2019 ZERO PLUS International Film Festival
- 2019 Animaze - Montreal International Animation Film Festival
- 2019 Kino Film Festival
- 2019 Cinemira-Budapest International Children’s Film Festival
- 2019 Athens Animfest
- 2019 Strapless Student Film Festival
- 2018 InShort Film Festival
- 2018 Overmountain (fka Blue Plum) Animation Festival
- 2018 Universal Kids Film Festival
Bait & Switch
- 2015 Blue Plum Animation Festival
- 2015 Columbia Gorge International Film Festival
- 2015 Portland Film Festival
Beneath the Night Sea
- Best Animation, 2014 DAFNE (fka Digital Arts Festival)
- 2014 Blue Plum Animation Festival
- 2014 Columbia Gorge International Film Festival
The Castores Union
- 2020 Festival Angaelica
Chocolate and Flowers
- Most Uplifting Film, 2023 Imagination Lunchbox International Children’s Film Festival
- Quarter-Finalist, Best Animated Film, 2023 Student World Awards
- 2023 Dam Short Film Festival
- 2023 Anim!Arte – International Student Animation Festival of Brazil
- 2023 Reel Love Film Festival
- 2023 International Student Animation Film Festival Animafantasia
- 2023 Overmountain Animation Festival
Etude
- Best of the Fest, 2019 The Global Youth Film Festival
- Best 2D Animation, 2019 Florida Animation Festival
- Best Animated Short Film, 2018 Pollino International Film Fest
- Award of Excellence, 2018 Anim8 Student Film Festival
- Best of Student Award, 2018 Overmountain (fka Blue Plum) Animation Festival
- Jury Nominee, Animation, 2019 Kansas International Film Festival
- Finalist, Best Animated Film, 2019 Oregon Short Film Festival
- Finalist, Animation, 2019 Carmarthen Bay Film Festival
- Finalist, Student Competition, 2019 Columbus International Film Festival
- 2020 Children’s Film Festival Seattle
- 2019 Lady Filmmakers Festival
- 2019 ZERO PLUS International Film Festival
- 2019 LIFF - Lebanese Independent Film Festival
- 2019 Animaze - Montreal International Animation Film Festival
- 2019 jellyFEST
- 2019 Kansas International Film Festival
- 2019 ENFOQUE International Film Festival
- 2019 FAD Festival: Film-Art-Dance on Screen
- 2019 Kino Film Festival
- 2019 Athens Animfest
- 2019 Imagination Lunchbox International Children’s Film Festival
- 2019 International Choreographic Festival of Blois
- 2019 FIAFest International Festival
- 2018 InShort Film Festival
- 2018 Capitol Dance & Cinema Festival (Washington, D.C.)
- 2018 Celtic Animation Film Competition
- 2018 Greensboro Dance Film Festival
- 2018 Hyperfest International Student Film Festival
- 2018 Palm Springs International Animation Festival
- 2018 Universal Kids Film Festival
Fathom
- Semi-Finalist, Best Student Animation, 2022 Drawtastic “Golden Pencil Awards”
- Semi-Finalist, Best Student Animation, 2022 New York Animation Film Awards
- Finalist, Student Animated Film, 2020 International Student Animated Film Animafantasia Festival
- 2021 LittleBig Children’s Film Festival
- 2021 KINO Short Film Festival
- 2021 Anim!Arte – International Student Animation Festival
- 2021 Athens Animfest
- 2021 Dirigo International Student Film Festival
- 2020 Animation Festival ICONA
- 2020 Overmountain Animation Festival
- 2020 Down East Flick Fest
Flap
- Winner, Student Animator, 2020 Florida Animation Festival
- Award of Merit, Student, 2019 Southern Shorts Awards
- Finalist, Student - Short Animation, 2021 JellyFEST
- Finalist, Best Student Animation, 2021 Drawtastic “Golden Pencil Awards”
- Finalist, Film of the Year, 2D Animation, 2020 The Rookie Awards
- Finalist, Best Animated Micro Film, 2020 Oregon Short Film Festival
- Semi-Finalist, Animation, 2020 Carmarthen Bay Film Festival
- Semi-Finalist, Best Animated Film for Young Audiences, 2020 Children Cinema Awards (CCA)
- Semi-Finalist, 2020 Kino Short Film Festival
- Semi-Finalist, Best Animation - Student Film, 2020 New York Animation Film Awards
- Honorable Mention, 2D Film, 2020 Florida Animation Festival
- Finalist, Animated Short, 2019 Oaxaca FilmFest
- Finalist, Best Animated Short Film, 2019 The Short Film Awards
- 2020 Festival Angaelica
- 2020 SCAD Savannah Film Festival
- 2020 MINT Film Festival
- 2020 Lady Filmmakers Festival
- 2020 Chautauqua International Film Festival
- 2020 LIFF – Lebanese Independent Film Festival
- 2020 Overmountain Animation Festival
- 2020 Living Skies Student Film Festival
- 2020 Soul 4 Reel Festival
- 2020 International Children’s Film Festival (India)
- 2020 Beirut International Children and Family Film Festival
- 2020 MOVE Summit
- 2020 Big Shoulders International Student Film Festival
- 2020 Animation Dingle
- 2019 ReAnimania International Film & Comics Art Festival of Yerevan
- 2019 Animation Chico
- 2019 Anim!Arte - International Student Animation Festival of Brazil
- 2019 Animaze - Montreal International Animation Film Festival
Fur and Feather Flock Together
- 2023 International Student Animation Film Festival Animafantasia
Galaxy Girl
- Award of Merit Special Mention, Animation (Student), 2018 Accolade Global Film Competition
- Best Student CGI/3D, 2018 Florida Animation Festival
- Audience Choice Award: Animations by Student Animators, 2018 Overmountain (fka Blue Plum) Animation Festival
- Finalist, Animation, 2018 Marin County International Festival of Short Film & Video
- Finalist, International Science-Fiction Short Film, 2018 NanoCon International Science-Fiction Film Festival
- 2019 Children’s Film Festival Seattle
- 2018 Anim!Arte - International Student Animation Festival of Brazil
- 2018 Animation Chico
- 2018 Animation Dingle Festival
- 2018 Animex Awards
- 2018 Athens Animfest
- 2018 Cardiff Animation Festival
- 2018 ENFOQUE International Film Festival
- 2018 Festival Du Film Merveilleux & Imaginaire
- 2018 International Children’s Film Festival Bangladesh
- 2018 International Film Festival of Animation Cinema and Comics
- 2018 Kino Short Film Festival
- 2018 Lady Filmmakers Festival
- 2018 Mostra de Cinema Fantàstic de Ponent
- 2018 Mt. Fuji Atami Film & VR Festival
- 2018 Northwest Animation Festival
- 2018 One Reel Film Festival for Bumbershoot
- 2018 Orlando Film Festival
- 2018 Palm Springs International Animation Festival
- 2018 Red Rock Film Festival
- 2018 Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF)
- 2018 Vlth Fantastic and Terror Festival in Tàrrega – GALACTICAT
- 2017 Emerge Microcinema
Heads Up
- 2023 Anim!Arte – International Student Animation Festival of Brazil
- 2023 International Student Animation Film Festival Animafantasia
Hidden
- Semi-Finalist, Best Animated Film for Young Audiences, 2020 Children Cinema Awards (CCA)
- 2020 PSIAF Palm Springs Intl. Animation Festival & Expo
- 2020 Festival Angaelica
- 2020 Florida Animation Festival
- 2020 Overmountain Animation Festival
- 2020 Animex Awards
Iron Mermaiden
- Finalist, 2023 AniMate - Australia Animation Film Festival
- Finalist, Film of the Year, 2D Animation, 2021 The Rookie Awards
- Honorable Mention, Student Short Animation, 2021 International Student Animated Film Animafantasia Festival
- 2022 Tbilisi International Animation Festival
- 2022 Overmountain Animation Festival
Katak
- Semi-Finalist, 2023 AniMate - Australia Animation Film Festival
The Little Rat
- Film of the Year - People’s Choice, 2023 The Rookie Awards
- Award Winner, 2023 Imaginary Mind Film Contest
- Excellence Award, 2023 The Rookie Awards
- Finalist, Film of the Year (2D Animation), 2023 The Rookie Awards
- Finalist, Best Animated Film, 2023 Student World Awards
- Finalist, 2023 AniMate – Australia Animation Film Festival
- Nominee, Best in Student, 2023 Animation Studio Festival
- Honorable Mention, 2023 Los Angeles Animation Festival
- 2023 Dam Short Film Festival
- 2023 TIAF – Tbilisi International Animation Festival
- 2023 International Student Animation Film Festival Animafantasia
- 2023 The Animattikon Project
- 2023 Overmountain Animation Festival
- 2023 GIFFONI Film Festival
- 2023 Studio City International Film & TV Festival
Ming
- Most Uplifting Film, 2019 Imagination Lunchbox International Children’s Film Festival
- Finalist, 2019 Marin County International Festival of Short Film & Video
- 2020 Children’s Film Festival Seattle
- 2019 Palm Springs International Animation Festival
- 2019 ZERO PLUS International Film Festival
- 2019 Seattle International Film Festival
- 2019 VAFI & RAFI - International Children and Youth Animation Film Festival
- 2019 Kino Film Festival
- 2019 Cinemira-Budapest International Children’s Film Festival
- 2019 ZLÍN International Festival for Children and Youth
- 2019 Athens Animfest
- 2019 Animation Dingle Festival
- 2018 InShort Film Festival
Mother
- 2023 Dam Short Film Festival
- 2023 TIAF – Tbilisi International Animation Festival
- 2023 ReAnimania International Animation Film & Comics Art Festival of Yerevan
- 2023 International Student Animation Film Festival Animafantasia
- 2023 Overmountain Animation Festival
Nobody
- Winner, Best Animation, 2023 Catalina Film Festival
- Winner, 2023 MICE Film Festival (Mostra Internacional Cinema Educatiu)
- Winner, 2023 FEEDBACK Animation Film & Screenplay Festival
- Best Performances (Audience Award), 2023 DIVERSITY Film Festival
- Finalist, People’s Choice Award (Animation), 2023 KINO Short Film Fest
- Semi-Finalist, Best Animation Student Film, 2023 New York Animation Film Awards
- Semi-Finalist, Best Student Animation Film, 2023 Student LA Film Awards
- Finalist, 2023 AniMate - Australia Animation Film Festival
- Honorable Mention, Film of the Year (2D Animation), 2022 The Rookie Awards
- Excellence Award, 2022 The Rookie Awards
- 2023 A Night of Misfit Films
- 2023 Imaginary Mind Film Contest
- 2023 International Student Animation Film Festival Animafantasia
- 2023 The Animattikon Project
- 2023 Khem Animation Film Festival
- 2023 Festival of Animation Berlin
- 2023 Tacoma Film Festival
- 2023 Overmountain Animation Festival
- 2023 Studio City International Film & TV Festival
- 2023 Full Bloom Film Festival
- 2023 Kino Short Film Festival
- 2023 DC Independent Film Festival
- 2023 Athens Animfest
- 2023 Women International Film Festival
- 2022 Spark Animation
- 2022 Tbilisi International Animation Festival
- 2022 Oaxaca FilmFest
- 2022 REEL Recovery Film Festival
Orientation Center for the Unseen
- Award of Merit Special Mention, 2016 Best Shorts Competition
- 2016 2D OR NOT 2D Animation Festival
- 2016 Blue Plum Animation Festival
- 2016 Columbia Gorge International Film Festival
- 2016 New Animation & Cartoon International Film Festival
- 2016 San Francisco Frozen Film Festival
PrePAWsterous
- Best PNW Student Film, 2021 KINO Short Film Festival
- Best Sound, 2021 KINO Short Film Festival
- Best Student Animation, 2021 PRIX ROYAL Paris Animation Awards
- Best Dramatic Sequence, 2021 PRIX ROYAL Paris Animation Awards
- Winner, Best Children Comedy, 2020 International Student Animated Film Animafantasia Festival
- Semi-Finalist, Best Animated Film, 2022 Children Cinema Awards
- Semi-Finalist, Best Student Animation, 2022 Drawtastic “Golden Pencil Awards”
- Finalist (Highly Commended), Film of the Year, 2D Animation, 2021 The Rookie Awards
- Finalist, Golden Student Category, 2021 Golden Short Film Festival
- Finalist, Best Character-Based Short, 2020 Los Angeles Animation Festival
- Finalist, Best Animated Short Film, 2020 The Short Film Awards
- Finalist, Best Animated Film, 2020 Oregon Short Film Festival
- Finalist, Best Washington Film, 2020 Oregon Short Film Festival
- Semi-Finalist, Best Student Animation Film, 2020 Student Los Angeles Film Awards
- 2022 BAMKids Film Festival
- 2022 AniMate – Australia Animation Film Festival
- 2022 Children’s Film Festival Seattle
- 2021 Puerto Rico Film Festival
- 2021 LittleBig Children’s Film Festival
- 2021 Mobile Animation Film Festival
- 2021 Los Angeles Lift-Off Festival
- 2021 Bay Area International Children’s Film Festival
- 2021 Full Bloom Festival
- 2021 Orlando International Film Festival
- 2021 Zebra Animation Friendly Festival
- 2021 Animex Awards
- 2021 We Like ‘Em Short- Animation and Comedy Film Festival
- 2021 Moscow International Children’s Film Festival
- 2021 Florida Animation Festival
- 2021 Toronto International Animation Festival
- 2021 SHORT to the Point ISFF Awards
- 2021 Anim!Arte International Student Animation Festival
- 2021 Columbus International Film & Animation Festival
- 2021 Beirut International Children and Family Film Festival
- 2021 Athens Animfest
- 2021 Dirigo International Student Film Festival
- 2021 TAAFI - Toronto Animation Arts Festival International
- 2020 Animation Festival ICONA
- 2020 TIAF - Tbilisi International Animation Festival
- 2020 Festival Internacional de Cinema Escolar de Alvorada (FECEA)
- 2020 Prime The Animation! New Talent International Festival
- 2020 Overmountain Animation Festival
- 2020 Down East Flick Fest
Rakshama
- Semi-Finalist, Best Student Animation, 2018 DRAWTASTIC (fka 2D OR NOT 2D& Animation Festival)
- 2018 Athens Animfest (Greece)
- 2018 Anim!Arte - International Student Animation Festival of Brazil
- 2018 Kino Short Film Festival
Remember to Sleep
- Semi-Finalist, 2023 AniMate - Australia Animation Film Festival
- 2022 Tbilisi International Animation Festival
- 2021 International Student Animated Film Animafantasia Festival
Ripple
- Winner, Best Student Short, 2022 Amelia Island Film Festival
- Winner, Animated Micro Film, 2021 Oregon Short Film Festival
- Finalist, 2022 Joy House Film Festival
- Honorable Mention, Film of the Year (2D Animation), 2022 The Rookie Awards
- Finalist, Best Animated Film, 2022 Children Cinema Awards
- Runner Up, Best Student Short, 2022 KINO Short Film Festival
- Semi-Finalist, Best Student Animation, 2022 New York Animation Film Awards
- Semi-Finalist, Best Student Animation Film, 2022 Student LA Film Awards
- Semi-Finalist, Best Animated Film, 2021 Student World Awards
- Quarter-Finalist, Best Student Film, 2021 Animation Studio Festival
- Honorable Mention, Student Short Animation, 2021 International Student Animated Film Animafantasia Festival
- 2022 Animaze - Montreal International Animation Film Festival
- 2022 Khem Animation Film Festival
- 2022 Florida Animation Festival
- 2022 Athens Animfest
- 2022 Riverside International Film Festival
- 2022 AniMate – Australia Animation Film Festival
- 2022 Dam Short Film Festival
- 2021 KIDS FIRST! Film Festival
- 2021 Imaginary Mind Contest
- 2021 TIAF - Tbilisi International Animation Festival
- 2021 Global Youth Film Festival Bangladesh
- 2021 Full Bloom Festival
- 2021 Overmountain Animation Film Festival
Star
- 2015 Trinity Film Festival
Steak to the Heart
- 2016 Blue Plum Animation Festival
- 2016 Columbia Gorge International Film Festival
- 2016 New Animation & Cartoon International Film Festival
Super Secret
- 2014 Blue Plum Animation Festival
- 2014 Columbia Gorge International Film Festival
- 2014 LA International Film Festival
- 2014 Portland Film Festival
- 2014 Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF)
- 2014 Tacoma Film Festival
- 2014 Traverse City Film Festival
- 2014 Tumbleweed Film Festival
Tall Order
- Winner, Best Student Short, 2023 KINO Short Film Fest
- Winner, Best Sound in a Student Film, 2023 Kino Short Film Festival
- Award of Excellence, 2022 Anim8 Student Film Festival
- Winner, Best Student Film, 2022 Film Short Creative Award
- Finalist, Best Short Animation, 2023 Paris Animation Awards
- Finalist, People’s Choice Award (Animation), 2023 KINO Short Film Fest
- Semi-Finalist, Best Animation Student Film, 2023 New York Animation Film Awards
- Semi-Finalist, 2023 Soul4reel Film Festival
- Runner Up, PNW Best Student Film, 2023 Kino Short Film Festival
- Finalist, 2023 AniMate - Australia Animation Film Festival
- Quarter-Finalist, Best Student Film, 2022 Animation Studio Festival
- Honorable Mention, Character-Based Short, 2022 Los Angeles Animation Festival
- Finalist, Best Animated Film, 2022 Oregon Short Film Festival Fall
- Nominee, Best Animated Short Film, 2022 The Short Film Awards (SOFIES)
- Excellence Award, 2022 The Rookie Awards
- Finalist (Highly Commended), Film of the Year (2D Animation), 2022 The Rookie Awards
- Semi-Finalist, Best Student Animation Film, 2022 Student LA Film Awards
- 2023 Catalina Film Festival
- 2023 Columbus International Film & Animation Festival
- 2023 Palm Springs Animation Festival
- 2023 Animation Dingle
- 2023 International Shorts Film Festival
- 2023 Athens Animfest
- 2022 Spark Animation
- 2022 Studio City International Film & TV Festival
- 2022 Tbilisi International Animation Festival
- 2022 Oaxaca FilmFest
- 2022 TAF – Thessaloniki Animation Festival
- 2022 REEL Recovery Film Festival
- 2022 Overmountain Animation Festival
- 2022 Animaze - Montreal International Animation Film Festival
- 2022 The Animattikon Project
- 2022 Orlando Film Festival
- 2022 Florida Animation Festival